A popular, newly-opened crepe stall in Plymouth Market has shut its doors after trading for just two months.

Holy Crepe stopped trading in November, just two months after opening.

Despite its successes, selling more than 1000 crepes to hungry visitors in just six weeks, Naomi Lang found it difficult juggling the business with bringing up her two children.

The 38-year-old said that it was "very important as a mum to be there" for her children, aged six and 15, in the evenings and on weekends.

Naomi said: "I thought giving up the 9-5 would give me more time to help my kids with their school work and so on, but this was not the case.

"With any new business you have to be prepared to put in seven days a week including evenings, and I found it difficult with managing a busy family.

"I would advise anyone setting up a business to choose if they are planning to develop an empire or if they are looking for a boutique business with a work life balance - the latter usually comes later."

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Naomi had offers to buy her business, but felt that she had "spent a lot of time and worked really hard" on it to give it up, and has plans to keep the business going in the future by setting up at community festivals and fete's.

She said: "I did have offers to buy the business but I wasn't prepared to let go of such a great brand in a hurry, we wanted to keep the business and potentially cater for festivals and events over the summer and explore some different opportunities."

Naomi says using the crepe maker is harder than it looks (Image: Penny Cross)

Naomi said that Plymouth Market was the perfect place to develop "excellent business over a short trading period" and were able to begin "making a profit immediately" which is rare for most business startups.

Naomi added: "Plymouth Market was brilliant and I can't say enough about what a thriving hub it is, particularly as a haven for foodies, with new outlets opening all the time.